by deadmin | Oct 27, 2013 | Marathon Newsfeed
After spending two years being known as the man who came agonisingly close to matching the marathon world record, Wilson Kipsang of Kenya broke that record handsomely in Berlin on Sunday morning, clocking 2.03.23, thus taking 15 seconds off compatriot Patrick Makau’s...
by deadmin | Oct 16, 2013 | Marathon Newsfeed
Ethiopians Dereje Debele Tulu and Melkam Gizaw took the 11th edition of the METRO GROUP Marathon Duesseldorf on Sunday. In ideal weather conditions 26 year-old Dereje Debele Tulu broke the course record with 2:07:48. It was the first sub 2:08 time in Duesseldorf....
by deadmin | Nov 26, 2012 | Marathon Newsfeed
Kimaiyo and Mohammed beat the heat and the field Nahashon Kimaiyo and Merima Mohammed took the METRO Group Marathon Duesseldorf. Taking into account the very warm weather the 28 year-old Kenyan clocked a remarkable time of 2:10:54. Vasyl Remshchuck (Ukraine/2:13:09)...
by deadmin | Oct 28, 2012 | Marathon Newsfeed
When the fastest man in the marathon world meets the fastest course in the marathon world, the odds are in favour of something special. In Berlin that usually means a world record, of which there have been no fewer than seven in the past 15 years. The most recent was...
by deadmin | Oct 28, 2012 | Marathon Newsfeed
Yuki Kawauchi first ever Japanese elite runner to compete in Duesseldorf For the first time in the history of the event a Japanese elite runner will compete at the METRO GROUP Marathon Duesseldorf on 29th April. Yuki Kawauchi has been announced by the organisers of...
by deadmin | Oct 28, 2012 | Marathon Newsfeed
Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya re-established his claim to be the world’s best marathoner this morning, but only just. Mutai won the 39th BMW Berlin Marathon in 2.04.15, narrowly beating his training partner, Dennis Kimetto, who clocked the fastest marathon debut in...
